1864 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1864 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – James Colquhoun Campbell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Alfred Ollivant[18][19]
- Bishop of St Asaph – Thomas Vowler Short[20][21][19]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[22][19][23]
Events
[edit]- June - David Lloyd George's father dies and his family move from Pembrokeshire to Llanystumdwy to be cared for by his maternal uncle, Richard Lloyd, when he is aged 18 months.
- June 23 - Aberystwyth is linked to the rail network for the first time.[24]
- October 6 - The Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway is completed throughout to Corwen.[24]
- David Davies Llandinam takes a lease of coal in the Upper Rhondda Valley and sinks the Parc and Maindy pits.
- Opening of Rhosydd Quarry narrow gauge railway incline on the upper Croesor Tramway at the head of the Croesor valley.
- The Llandudno Improvement Commissioners attempt to ban Punch and Judy shows. In this year, the town first receives the title "Queen of Welsh Resorts".[25]
Arts and literature
[edit]Awards
[edit]- National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Llandudno. The chair is won by Richard Foulkes Edwards (Rhisiart Ddu o Wynedd).
New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- R. D. Blackmore - Clara Vaughan[26]
- Sir John Henry Philipps - Lyrics
- Alfred Russel Wallace - The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of Natural Selection
- Frances Williams-Wynn - Diaries of a Lady of Quality (posthumously published)[27]
Welsh language
[edit]- Huw Derfel - Llawlyfr Carnedd Llywelyn[28]
- Robert Jones Derfel - Traethodau ac Areithiau[29]
- Daniel Silvan Evans (ed.) - Y Marchog Crwydrad: Hen Ffuglith Gymreig
Music
[edit]- William Griffiths (Ifander) - Gwarchae Harlech (cantata)[30]
Sport
[edit]- Cricket
- South Wales Cricket Club play Gentlemen of Sussex. The South Wales team includes W. G. Grace, who scores 170.
- Football
- October 22 - The predecessor of Wrexham A.F.C. plays its first match, making it the oldest association football club in Wales and the world's sixth oldest football club.
Births
[edit]- January 8
- Prince Albert Victor, first child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (died 1892)
- Thomas Allen Glenn, soldier and historian (died 1948)[31]
- February 7 - Alfred Augustus Mathews, vicar and Wales international rugby player (died 1946)
- March 11 - John Silas Evans, astronomer (died 1953)[32]
- May 4 - Harry Bowen, Wales international rugby player (died 1913)
- June 5 - Edward Pegge, Wales international rugby player (died 1915)
- July 5 - Lloyd Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon (died 1927)[33]
- August 19 - Charles Alfred Howell Green, first Bishop of Monmouth (died 1944)[34]
- September 15
- Fred Andrews, Wales international rugby player (died 1929)
- Giotto Griffiths, Wales international rugby player (died 1938)
- September 21 - Ernest Rowland, priest and Wales international rugby player (died 1940)
- October 10
- Edward Bishop - Wales International rugby union player (died 1919)
- Arthur Gould - Wales International rugby union captain (died 1919)[35]
- October 17 - Sir John Morris-Jones, grammarian (died 1929)[36]
- November 4 - Margaret Owen, later wife of David Lloyd George (died 1941)
Deaths
[edit]- March 11 - Richard Roberts, engineer, 74
- March 28 - Ellis Evans, Baptist minister and author, 77[37]
- June 18
- Evan Davies, missionary, 59[38]
- William Smith O'Brien, Irish nationalist, 60 (in Bangor)[39]
- June 20 - John Davies (Brychan), poet, 79[40]
- July 24 - Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon, 59[33]
- August 1 - Thomas Rees, Unitarian minister (born 1777)
- December 29 - Mary Jones, early owner of a Welsh Bible, 80
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ "Editorial". Welshman. 6 October 1865. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ Thomas John Hughes (1887). The Welsh magistracy, by Adfyfr. South Wales and Monmouthshire Liberal Federation Offices. p. 5.
- ^ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Glynne, Sir Stephen Richard, 9th bt. (1807-1874), of Hawarden Castle, Flint". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle and Margam Park, Glam". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ "Past Lord Lieutenants". Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Herbert Arthur Doubleday; George Cokayne (1953). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. St. Catherine Press, Limited. p. 423.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ Frederick Arthur Crisp; Joseph Jackson Howard (1898). Visitation of England and Wales. p. 15.
- ^ a b c Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^ Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1857). The historic peerage of England: Revised, corrected, and continued ... by William Courthope. John Murray. p. 533.
- ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. p. 90.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ a b Quick, Michael (2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: a Chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5.
- ^ Jones, Ivor Wynne. "Chapter 3". Llandudno Queen of Welsh Resorts. p. 19.
Liverpool Mercury.
- ^ Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1864). Clara Vaughan; by R.D. Blackmore. Macmillan and Company.
- ^ Frances Williams-Wynn (1864). Diaries of a Lady of Quality from 1797 to 1844. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green.
- ^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ Robert Jones DERFEL (1864). Traethodau ac areithiau, etc. J. Mendus Jones.
- ^ David Hughes Lewis. "Griffiths, William (Ifander, 1830-1910), choral conductor and adjudicator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Glenn, Thomas Allen (1864-1948), soldier, historian, genealogist, and archaeologist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Mary Gwendoline Ellis. "Evans, John Silas (1864-1953), priest and astronomer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ a b Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon. "KENYON family, Gredington, Flintshire, and Peel Hall, Lancashire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Green, Charles Alfred Howell (1864-1944), second Archbishop of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Gould, Arthur Joseph (1864-1919), Rugby footballer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Thomas Parry. "Morris-Jones, Sir John (1864-1929), scholar, poet, and critic". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Tom Ellis Jones. "Evans, Ellis (1786-1864), Baptist minister and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 135.
- ^ ""William Smith O'Brien (1803–1864)", 'Clare People', Clare County Library". Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Davies John (1784?-1864), known as 'Brychan,' poet, publisher, and promoter of the friendly society movement". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2019.